I. Introduction

1. Get to Know Your Template

Everyone should read the Template's Overview Article! This is a quick and complete overview of the template, from the colours included, to all of the powerful Joomlart complimentary extensions that come with it. You'll also find links to the LIVE Demo Site, the Download area, as well as the Forum to ask questions.

Need Help Getting Around Joomlart.com? We've created a QUICK ACCESS GUIDE for helping you become a Joomlart Power User. This is a wonderful reference full of tips on quickly finding template info, demo sites, module position guides and more. We don't want you to miss a thing!

2. Download Template and Extensions

Plan your site Development.

Making a New Site ? - If you are planning to make a new site, use our Quickstart package to clone the demo site and replace the demo content with yours. Check How to install Quickstart Package.

Installing on your live site ? - If you are planning to use this template on your already live site, read How to make your site look like demo site guide first to know about the steps involved. Then you can follow the userguide below.

The user guide covers the following aspects :

Installing Template on your Joomla

Installing T3 Framework 2 Plugin

Installing complimentary / included extensions

Custom HTML Modules

Mega Menu configs

Third Party Extension Configuration

System requirement

JA Kranos is compatible with Joomla 3 and Joomla 2.5. Please make sure your system meets the following requirements:

Joomla 3 System requirement

Software

PHP (Magic Quotes GPC off): 5.3.1 + (5.4+ recommended)

Databases

MySQL(InnoDB support required): 5.1+

MSSQL 10.50.1600.1+

PostgreSQL 8.3.18+

Web Severs

Apache 2.x+

Microsoft IIS 7

Nginx 1.0 (1.1 recommended)

Joomla 2.5+ system requirement

Software

PHP 5.2.4+ (5.4+ recommended)

MySQL: 5.0.4+

Web Sever

Apache: 2.x+

Microsoft: IIS 7

Nginx: 1.0 (1.1 recommended)

Browser requirement

The requirements are the same with both Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3

Firefox 4+

IE (Internet Explorer) 8+

Google Chrome 10+

Opera 10+

Safari 5+

Development Environment

The requirements are the same with both Joomla 2.5 and Joomla 3

During development process, Localhost is preferred. You can use the following servers on your PC to develop your site.

Windows

WAMPSEVER

XAMPP for Windows

Linux

LAMP Bubdle

XAMPP for Linux

Mac OS

MAMP & MAMP Pro

XAMPP for Mac OS

II. Install the Template

1. Install the Template on your Joomla system

Browse and Download: Go to the Download page of JA Kranos and download the Template zip file. Refer to this screenshot for the overview of the download folder.

Install the Template: Now install the Template on your Joomla 2.5 system.

If you are new to Joomla installation procedure, please check the following documentation.

Template Configuration:

We'll be installing JA Kranos template with the settings as is used on the demo website, other customization should be postponed until you complete the initial setup (including modules & plugins as is on the demo).

Once completed the setup, you can come back to the template back-end and check the various options for customizing your template. Refer to this Universal T3 V2 Back-end Config Guide for options on how to customize your installed template.

Note:

T3 V2 template configurations are same in Joomla 1.6 and Joomla 2.5, so the above guide link is valid for both.

T3v2 Framework based templates need the T3 Framework Plugin to be installed and enabled

2. Installing T3v2 Framework Plugin (T3 system plugin)

Download and install T3v2 Framework Plugin (aka T3 System plugin). Follow this guide if you are not familiar with the installation procedure. After the plugin is installed, enable it as described in the same guide.

III. Installing the Extensions

Free Extensions : (aka complimentary / included extensions). We use many extensions in our demo site to provide greater flexibility and features. These are provided for free to our members.

Custom HTML Module : To match the design of the template, we also style (CSS) for Custom HTML modules using different div classes. You will need to check the HTML codes and make sure to use the recommended HTML markup to get correct display. We provide the HTML code in this userguide.

3rd Party Extensions : This template uses JA Comment Component (with its plugins) that is also used for JA Kranos Joomla J17. You will need to download JA Comment package, it is available to Developer members and JAEC members only.

IV. Extension Configuration

1. JA Slideshow Module

As you see in the image above, the slideshow's source is From Article, Articles are retrieved from the SlideShow category. Choose your category and make sure the the article HTML markup is same as used in demo site.

5. JA Masshead Module

Firstly, you have to disable Search Engine Friendly URLs option. To do that, from the back-end of your site, go to: Site >> Global Configuration >> then navigate to SEO Settings >> set No for field: Search Engine Friendly URLs.

When done, from front-end, go to page where you want to add condition in masshead module, you will see the condition of the page where you can get to configure for the masshead module.

To add the condition in the module so the code for the Configuration Condition should be:

8. JA Accordion Module

9. JA Typo Plugin

This plugin allows you to add a variety of typo types to your article. After installing and enabling the plugin, open the article (in back-end), click on the JATypo button then select the typo type you want to add to the article.

11. Footer Module

V. Custom HTML Modules

If you are not sure how to use Custom HTML Modules or how to access the HTML Editor please Read this Guide.

We will provide you with the HTML Code (markup) for reference below, you will need to replicate it exactly and then change your content. Remember, HTML code has special div classes, which are required for demo alike display.

You can use the above HTML code to make a similar page on your website and refer to the codes for using Typography.

IMPORTANT:
These typography styles are specific to JA Kranos template and if you use them in your content and later decide to change the template, the styles will be broken, as these styles depend upon the template based css files (typo.css). We recommend using minimum typography, if you plan to change your template in future.

This Blog page gets content from K2 category to dispay in front-end. Go to: Component >> K2 Component >> Category >> Kranos Blog >> Select Template then select kranos_blog. This template will make the style of the menu that gets content from the category same with the style in the Blog page you see in front-end.

Recommendation

The above userguide should help one in replicating the Demo site settings for the template and extensions on their site.

Recommended :

If you are new or are confused, we recommend installing Quickstart on your localhost and use it as reference for configs. This is the best way to work with any template. Links to all the resources are provided above, you should carefully read them to take the maximum advantage of our products.

Support :

Please raise your support queries in the forum and make sure you follow the support guidelines. We spend more time in getting the information from user in case the support guidelines are not followed.

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